Total Crime Rate

785.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

181.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 785.7 10/10
  • Theft from the person 332.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 181.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 118.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 87.0 10/10
  • Other theft 82.3 10/10
  • Robbery 55.9 10/10
  • Drugs 32.6 10/10
  • Public order 28.0 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.9 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.3 9/10
  • Burglary 7.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.8 7/10
  • Shoplifting 6.2 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.7 4/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Castle Square area has the 5th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Chaucer , and the 28th highest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Castle Square (SE17 1EQ) in the last 12 months was 785.7 per 1,000 residents and was 250.3% higher than the Chaucer average (224.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 214 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 117 (≈ 181.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Castle Square (SE17 1EQ), the main crime hotspot is near Newington Causeway. Police recorded 436 crimes here, including 123 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Castle Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/247)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Walcorde Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sayer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sayer Street —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Sayer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Sayer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sayer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Sayer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Sayer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Sayer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newington Causeway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newington Causeway Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newington Causeway Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Newington Causeway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Elephant Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Burglary Elephant Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Elephant Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Elephant Road —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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